Submitted by elhaj, also found by KupiaSec, mt030d, and VAD37
https://github.com/code-423n4/2024-06-size/blob/8850e25fb088898e9cf86f9be1c401ad155bea86/src/Size.sol#L198-L201https://github.com/code-423n4/2024-06-size/blob/8850e25fb088898e9cf86f9be1c401ad155bea86/src/Size.sol#L229-L244
The LiquidateWithReplacement mechanism in the Size protocol allows a permissioned role (KEEPER_ROLE) to perform the liquidation of a debt position by replacing an unhealthy borrower with a healthier one from the order book. Heres how it works:
By maintaining the same debt position ID and future value, lenders (all credit holders of this debt position) can still expect repayment on the original due date.
On the other hand, a user can always repay a debt position. To repay, the user specifies the ID of the debt position and calls the repay function, which repays the loan of the specified debt position.
The issue arises when a borrower sends a transaction to repay their debt position when it becomes liquidatable, but a liquidateWithReplacement transaction is executed just before the users transaction. This way, the user will be liquidated, and their collateral will be used to repay debt. Since liquidateWithReplacement only changes the borrower of a debtPosition, the user ends up paying the debt of another borrower immediately, resulting in the user repaying more than double their future value (more than 2x because of liquidation rewards).
This doesnt require a malicious keeper (who calls liquidateWithReplacement) as its trusted, it can happen unintentionally, and there is a pretty good chance for this to occur; as users and the liquidator (keeper bot in this case) will probably call their respective functions around the same time.
When a user notices that their position is liquidatable (probably through a UI notification), there is a high chance they will repay their debt to avoid liquidation, and the same goes for the liquidation bot. Thus, there is a good chance that the liquidateWithReplacement transaction will be executed before the users repayment transaction. The impact is high here, as the user ends up paying 2x their debt.
In case liquidateWithReplacement becomes permissionless and anyone can call it, this will be critically exploitable. An exploit scenario would be:
To prevent unintended debt repayment due to borrower changes, users should specify both the borrower address and the debt position ID when repaying. This ensures users have control over who they are repaying for, avoiding scenarios where they might repay another borrowers debt due to a recent liquidateWithReplacement transaction.
Make this changes in repay lib:
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